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Fluorescent image of CAR T cells in mouse liver fibrosis
In the Lab
A New Target for CAR T Cells: Senescence-Related Diseases

From atherosclerosis and diabetes to liver fibrosis and osteoarthritis, senescent cells are at the root of many debilitating diseases. Scientists increasingly have them in the crosshairs.
Cracking a Code: Landmark Prospective Study Helps Researchers Better Understand Which MGUS Patients Will Progress to a Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers published new results that found that individuals with low-risk or intermediate-risk myeloma precursor disease known as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) can convert to high-risk MGUS and progress to multiple myeloma within a five-year window. This research clinically supports recommendations for annual blood tests for all individuals diagnosed with MGUS along with re-assessments of a patient’s clinical-risk status. Their research was published today online in JAMA Oncology.
Dr. Geoffrey Ku
FDA Approves Zanidatamab for HER2-Positive Cancers of the Stomach and Esophagus

For patients who are newly diagnosed with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of stomach and esophageal cancer, the FDA has approved zanidatamab as an additional medication for those who are getting chemotherapy.
Announcement
7 Gerstner Sloan Kettering Students Prepare to Graduate

Seven students will be awarded PhD degrees on May 19, 2021, from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK), an innovative doctoral program that prepares the next generation of basic laboratory scientists to work in research areas related to human disease with a focus on cancer.
Close up of an MSK researcher's hands and arms handling test tubes in the lab.
Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate Students Receive 2024-2025 Fellowships

Nine GSK PhD students were awarded competitive fellowships from prestigious external agencies such as the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dr. Sandra D'Angelo
In the Clinic
FDA Grants Full Approval to Engineered Cell Therapy for Treating Rare Sarcoma

The FDA has granted full approval for an engineered cell therapy called afamitresgene autoleuecel (Tecelra®, also known as afami-cel) for treating advanced synovial sarcoma. The clinical trials resulting in the drug’s approval were led by Dr. Sandra D’Angelo of MSK.
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MSK Research Highlights September 29, 2023

New research from MSK develops a method for analyzing cancer cells that survive treatment for acute myeloid leukemia; identifies a transcription factor that orchestrates natural killer cell response; and finds vepafestinib is a promising therapeutic for the treatment of RET-driven cancers.
New Study Looks at Low-Dose Radiation That Could Make CAR T Cell Therapy More Effective

A preclinical study published in the journal Molecular Therapy by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) provides evidence that radiation therapy could improve the efficacy of CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors.
A researcher working in an MSK lab
MSK Research Highlights, April 23, 2025

New MSK research identifies a rare cell population responsible for AML persistence and resistance to therapy; sheds new light on early brain development; and investigates how other health conditions can increase cancer risk in midlife. MSK clinical trials also supported the recent approval of the targeted drug larotrectinib by the FDA.
Perry Ortiz surrounded by his wife, daughter, and two sons
Celebrating Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month: Perry Ortiz

Perry Ortiz doesn’t remember having a seizure in 2016. Or being rushed to an operating room, where doctors confirmed Perry — a security supervisor at M...